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I am using hugo for several years now, so quite thankful for what it offers but I am slowly coming to the conclusion that i) you need to learn go to get the mos
by college_physics 4y ago
I am using hugo for several years now, so quite thankful for what it offers but I am slowly coming to the conclusion that i) you need to learn go to get the most out of it and ii) a "semi-dynamic" site that uses a simple sqlite backend might be a sweeter spot (for my needs) in terms of balancing simplicity, features and practicality.
I did't not find yet a replacement though. One reason is that I would love to continue having markdown as the main format for creating content but somehow that is orthogonal to having that markup stored in a db backend instead of the filesystem.
- schemescape 4y agoOut of curiosity, what do you need a database for? Could you just regenerate your static site when the database updates, thus allowing you to keep serving static HTML?
- college_physics 4y agoits various little annoyances: rebuilding a site can be tricky when you are on the move (say with a mobile device) and just want to add/edit a bit of content. or to give editing access to non-technical people. or the search capabilities that are more powerful with a db etc. it feels that between the spartan austerity of an SSG and an overengineered full-blown database-backed CMS there might be some intermediate option. or maybe not :-)
- hiAndrewQuinn 4y agoOh, those are interesting issues. I've had a similar hankering but for me it's 99% just because I want a nice comments system. I've toyed with the idea of taking a project like Issi and rolling up a SaaS based on it which basically provides an SQLite comments system. Paste one line of JavaScript into the page, and boom.
- RobMurray 4y agoNetlify CMS: https://www.netlifycms.org/ https://www.netlifycms.org/